joined the discord, this is the solution.
If you're having this game glitch and are having trouble finding the folder, click windows key + r to bring up the run menu and type in %localappdata%low\ShadyGames to bring up that folder
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Apologies for that - the issue appeared for one person during beta testing, but after clearing that folder we were unable to ever reproduce it. Someone on the Discord has now provided a save which they claim will cause the issue if you put it in an otherwise empty save folder, so hopefully I'll be able to fix the issue soon!